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...psychiatric dropout," Nicholi said, was defined as a student who consulted a psychiatrist one or more times before leaving college and who was given a specific psychiatric diagnosis...
...dropout sample had a significantly higher percentage of divorced and deceased parents than the general undergraduate population...
...SEEK dropout rate was discouraging: roughly 60% during the first three years. Still, that was only 10% worse than the national rate for collegians with more conventional preparation. And gradually teachers found that they could stimulate deep intellectual curiosity with books and materials that illuminated the black experience. SEEK and College Discovery staffers are now convinced that their efforts have dramatically changed the several thousand students who have already entered the programs. When SEEK produced its first four college graduates last winter, two were cum laude and all were headed for graduate school, including a remarkable hustler turned scholar, Arnold...
...treacherous nationwide jamboree got its start in the brain of a Harvard Divinity School dropout...
High-pressure advertising and sales methods, she suggests, are largely responsible for the school's current enrollment of 65,000 students, each of whom is paying $785 to $900 for a three-year course. She concludes that a dropout rate of 66% to 90% (with few refunds) is largely responsible for the school's financial success. Prospective students are wooed by ads that imply guiding faculty members will help judge aptitude tests; there are also brochures that claim "all these eminent authors in effect are looking over your shoulder as you learn." In reality, writes Miss Mitford...